An album filled largely with notes and illustrations of actors. Manuscript notes written by actors in answer to lists of questions asking, for example, their favourite colour and what their aims are in life. Includes autographs of John Drew, Julia Marlow, Henry Irving, Ellen Terry, etc. and the letter of Richard Mansfield to Black dated 2 March 1895.

Genre

Tragedy; Romance

Theme(s)

Love and Marriage

Content Keywords

love, death, poison, family, hatred, crime

Context Keywords

actor, character

Visual Content

Contains several illustrations of various actors.

Play

Romeo and Juliet

Library

Folger Shakespeare Library

Note

Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Folger Shakespeare Library's online catalogue.